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handle is hein.crs/govbaol0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Defense Primer: Department of the Navy One M ltary Department with Two Mltary Services The Department of the Navy (DON) is a single military department that includes two military services-the Navy and the Marine Corps. As such, DON has a single civilian leader, the Secretary of the Navy, and two four-star military service chiefs-an admiral whose title is the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), and a general whose title is the Commandant of the Marine Corps. Although the title Secretary of the Navy includes only the term Navy, the secretary serves as the civilian leader for both the Navy and Marine Corps. The CNO and the Commandant of the Marine Corps are members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). Nava Refers to Both the Navy and MarI ne Corps Although the term naval is often used to refer specifically to the Navy, it more properly refers to both the Navy and Marine Corps, because both the Navy and Marine Corps are naval services. Even though the Marine Corps sometimes operates for extended periods as a land fighting force (as it has done in recent years, for example, in Afghanistan and Iraq), and is often thought of as the country's second land army, it nevertheless is, by law, a naval service. 10 U.S.C. 8001(a)(3) states that The term 'member of the naval service' means a person appointed or enlisted in, or inducted or conscripted into, the Navy or the Marine Corps. DON officials sometimes refer to the two services as the Navy-Marine Corps team. Navy in DOD Budget Documents Can Mean Department of the Navy DOD budget documents that divide the DOD budget into four military departments often label those departments as Army, Navy, Air Force, and Defense-Wide. In using data from such documents, it is important to remember that the category called Navy in these cases refers to the Department of the Navy, and thus includes funding for both the Navy and Marine Corps. Blue Dollars and Green Doll ars in the Department of the Navy Budget People who work with the DON budget sometimes refer to blue dollars, meaning funding in the DON budget for the Navy, and green dollars, meaning funding in the DON budget for the Marine Corps. Of the more than two dozen appropriation accounts that form DON's budget, many contain funding specifically for either the Navy or Marine Corps. For example, the Operation and Maintenance, Navy (OMN), appropriation account contains operation and maintenance funding primarily for the Navy, while the Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps (OMMC), appropriation account contains operation and maintenance funding for the Marine Corps. Updated July 26, 2019 A few DON appropriation accounts include funding for both the Navy and Marine Corps, even though their titles refer only to the Navy. For example, the Aircraft Procurement, Navy (APN) appropriation account funds the procurement of both Navy and Marine Corps aircraft, and the Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Navy (RDTEN) account includes research and development funding for both the Navy and Marine Corps. The Procurement of Ammunition, Navy/Marine Corps (PANMC) account includes funding for procuring both Navy and Marine Corps ammunition. The Navy's shipbuilding account, known formally as the Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy (SCN) appropriation account, funds the procurement of various types of ships, including amphibious ships. Although amphibious ships are Navy ships operated by Navy crews, the primary function of amphibious ships is to transport Marine Corps personnel and equipment and support Marine Corps ship-to-shore movements and Marine Corps operations ashore. The Navy's amphibious ships are sometimes referred to informally as the Gator Navy, a shortening of the term alligator, an animal that, like the Marine Corps, can move from the water to land, and then back into the water. The Coast Guard in Relation to the Department of the Navy Unlike DON, which is part of DOD and is covered (along with the Departments of the Army and Air Force) in the U.S. Code primarily in Title 10, the Coast Guard is part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and is covered primarily in Title 14. Even though the Coast Guard is not part of DOD, Title 14 states that the Coast Guard shall be a military service and a branch of the armed forces of the United States at all times. (14 U.S.C. 101) Title 14 states that the Coast Guard shall be a service in the Department of Homeland Security, except when operating as a service in the Navy (14 U.S.C. 103(a)), and that Upon the declaration of war if Congress so directs in the declaration or when the President directs, the Coast Guard shall operate as a service in the Navy, and shall so continue until the President, by Executive order, transfers the Coast Guard back to the Department of Homeland Security. While operating as a service in the Navy, the Coast Guard shall be subject to the orders of the Secretary of the Navy, who may order changes in Coast Guard operations to render them uniform, to the extent such Secretary deems advisable, with Navy operations. (14 U.S.C. 103(b)) The last time the Coast Guard operated as a service in the Navy was during World War II. The possibility that the Coast Guard might at some point operate as a service in the Navy is why legislation concerning the Coast Guard ttps://crsreports.congress.go

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